ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo rapped lawmakers Wednesday for dragging their heels in passing a new law that would lift the ban on surrogacy contracts — which would enable New Yorkers for the first time to pay a woman in the state to carry their baby to term through in-vitro fertilization.

“This is so appalling. This is the buying and selling of children and the exploitation of women. There are going to be poor women exploited by wealthy couples,” Kathleen Gallagher, Catholic Conference’s director of pro-life activities, told the Post earlier this year.

“I would disagree—respectfully. I think it may look like that from the outside but we want to get this done,” said Hoylman, who has two kids through out-of-state surrogacy contracts.

The state Senate held its first public hearing on the matter Wednesday.

“New Yorkers who go to other states are actually very vulnerable, particularly if you are LGBTQ, and especially when not all state laws are the same. We want to make sure New York is the best state in the nation to protect all the parties—donors, intended parents and children,” Hoylman said.